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90th Malta Chess Championship Finals

Double Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 04 Sept 2025 to 18 Sept 2025 in Qormi, Malta. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2082, and top seed was Colin Pace (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2154).

Jack Mizzi (🇲🇹 MLT, CM, 2129) won with 9.0/10, ahead of Attila Robert Novak (6.5) and Matthew Portelli (4.5). Mizzi won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Matthias Gatt (1888) beat Attila Robert Novak (CM, 2144), a +256-point gap.

Location
🇲🇹Qormi, Malta
Dates
04 Sept 2025 → 18 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇹CMColin Pace2154
Avg top 10
2,082
Participants
6
Titled players · 5
CM×5
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇹Malta×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

CM Jack Mizzi led from R3 onwards, the title was decided early.

Co-leaders
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10
Mizzi#1Novak#2Portelli#3Pace#4Darmanin#5Gatt#6
R3–R10 · LEAD HELD

CM Jack Mizzi never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · DECISIVE LEAD11 Sept

CM Jack Mizzi opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: CM Matthew Portelli); the title is out of reach before R10.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

CM Jack Mizzi 1.0–1.0 against CM Attila Robert Novak (R3 ½-½, R8 ½-½).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇲🇹CMMizzi, Jack2129*
½½
11
11
11
11
9.035.5042.0+65.62439
2🇲🇹CMNovak, Attila Robert2144
½½
*
11
1½
01
10
6.530.0047.0+11.22180
3🇲🇹CMPortelli, Matthew2128
00
00
*
½½
11
1½
4.514.7551.0-48.02037
4🇲🇹CMPace, Colin2154
00
½0
½½
*
1½
½½
4.015.5052.0-41.61996
5🇲🇹CMDarmanin, Jake2051
00
01
00
½0
*
11
3.513.5053.0-19.21979
6🇲🇹Gatt, Matthias1888
00
10
½0
½½
00
*2.512.7555.0+8.01928

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets